'A sad time for us': lunar year of the ox festivities felled by Covid
“It’s a very sad, difficult time for us,” said Derek Lim, who has managed the Dumplings’ Legend restaurant on Gerrard Street in Soho for 11 years. Best known for its dim sum, it is one of a scattering of restaurants that managed to stay open as a takeaway. But even with the vast majority of staff furloughed and some orders coming through via delivery apps, it has lost 80% of its trade and is also grappling with the higher costs of importing food after Brexit, Lim said. Despite moving his business online and selling goods on Amazon, the decline of wholesale trade and high sellers’ fe...
Source: theguardian.com